I'll tell you this, lad: A tattoo says more of a fellow looking at it than it can do of the man who's got it on his back.

- Sarah Hall

People went through life like well handled jugs, collecting chips and scrapes and stains from wear and tear, from holding and pouring life.

- Sarah Hall

There are stories told to him only at this time of year. Fantastic, magical stories, the old Hollier in the woods finding only three red berries, whi…

- Sarah Hall

You’ve been wondering lately when the moment is that somebody is truly lost to you.

- Sarah Hall

Of all the conditions we experience, solitude is perhaps the most misunderstood.

- Sarah Hall

Those partial to drink were hiding faults and dishonesty. They were sloppy souls, even the ones with pleasant manners and fine noses.

- Sarah Hall

All innocent mechanisms are muddied up with experience. Children become less and less translucent. Layers of guile and suspicion grow. It's the law o…

- Sarah Hall

I don't like novels that tie everything up in a plot-y way. I always think that's not really true of life, particularly of people in power.

- Sarah Hall

The man had added to his body in a way that was brave and timeless and beyond adornment.

- Sarah Hall